Whitney Webb

Leslie Wexner’s Inner Demon

This short excerpt from Whitney Webb’s upcoming book “One Nation Under Blackmail” examines an
obscure media profile of Leslie Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein’s mentor, from the 1980s that contains disconcerting
revelations about Wexner’s personality and his inner world.

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1985 was the year that Leslie Wexner became a billionaire. It was also that year that the chairman of The
Limited (now L Brands) began to build up his public persona. This effort to “re-brand” himself began
with a series of fawning media profiles. The main outlets that participated in Wexner’s first main,
personal PR campaign were written by prominent New York City-based outlets, like New York Magazine
and the New York Times.

The New York magazine profile, which was the cover story for its August 5, 1985 issue, was entitled
“The Bachelor Billionaire: On Pins and Needles with Leslie Wexner.” Though filled with photos of a
middle-aged Wexner grinning and embracing friends as well as lavish praise for his business dealings and
his “tender” and “gentle” personality, one of the main themes of the article revolves around what is
apparently a spiritual affliction or mental illness of Wexner’s, depending on the reader’s own spiritual
persuasion.

The New York Magazine article opens as follows:

“On the morning Leslie Wexner became a billionaire, he woke up worried,
but this was not unusual. He always wakes up worried because of his
dybbuk, which pokes and prods and gives him the itchiness of the soul that
he calls shpilkes [ “pins” in Yiddish]. Sometimes he runs away from it on the
roads of Columbus, or drives away from it in one of his Porsches, or flies
from it in one of his planes, but then it is back, with his first coffee, his first
meeting, nudging at him.”

One may interpret this use of shpilkes, literally “pins” or “spikes” in Yiddish and often used to describe
nervous energy, impatience or anxiety, as Wexner merely personifying his anxiety. However, his decision
to use the word dybbuk, which he does throughout the article, is quite significant. Also notable is how
Wexner goes on to describe this apparent entity throughout the article and his intimate relationship with it.

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Leslie Wexner

BY JULIE BAUMGOLD

N THE MORNINO LESLIE WEXNER BECAME A BIL-
lionaire, he woke up worried, but this was not
unusual. He always wakes up worried because of
his uk, which and prods and gives
him the itchiness of soul that he calls shpilkes.
Sometimes he runs away from it on the roads of
Columbus, or drives away from it in one of his Porsches, or
flies from it in one of his planes, but then it is back, with his
first coffee, his first meeting, nudging at him. Soon, 600 stock-
holders and some analysts from New York will be driving the
Limited Parkway outside Columbus, Ohio, for the annual
meeting of his company, The Limited. For those who aren't
natives, the first sight of The Limited's million-square-foot dis-
tribution center is a shock. There is an cerie American vast-
ness to the structures plunked here in a field in the middle of
nowhere like stacks of metallic pancakes. Inside the building,
music is playing. It alwa wherever Les Wexner is—in
all his six homes, in his offices, in his 2,340 stores. It plays, even
though he never listens, because he hates to hear nothing.
The driver of Wexner’s station wagon delivers him, a long
man in a gray suit a bit risky for Columbus. He has thinning,
graying hair, small features, and rin so deep-set and
s they look sucked inward. Speier with his jogger’s
hollowed cheeks, sometimes give an undeserved cast of
suffering to his face. His hands are in his pockets, rattling his
change, which, as always, includes his lucky 1880 silver dollar.
Before the meeting starts, he stands all alone for a while in the
little pocket of solitude that surrounds power. Be-
hind the rectangles on the corporate charts are all shoot-

28 NEW YORK/AUOUST 5, 1985

First page of New York Magazine’s 1985 profile of Wexner

As defined by Encyclopedia Britannica, a dybbuk is a Jewish folklore term for “a disembodied human
spirit that, because of former sins, wanders restlessly until it finds a haven in the body of a living person.”
Unlike spirits that have yet to move on but possess positive qualities, such as the maggid or ibbur,

the dybbuk is almost always considered to be malicious, which leads it to be translated in English as
“demon”. This was also the case in this New York magazine profile on Wexner.

The author of that article, Julie Baumgold, describes Leslie Wexner’s dybbuk as “the demon that always
wakes up in the morning with Wexner and tweaks and pulls at him.” Wexner could have easily chosen to
frame the entity as a righteous spirit (maggid) or as his righteous ancestors (ibbur) guiding his life and
business decisions, especially for the purpose of an interview that would be read widely throughout the
country. Instead, Wexner chose this particular term, which says a lot for a man who has since used his
billions to shape both mainstream Jewish identity and leadership in both the US and Israel for decades.

As the article continues, it states that Wexner has been with the dybbuk since he was a boy and that his
father had recognized it and referred to it as the “churning”. Per Wexner, the dybbuk causes him to feel
“molten” and constantly pricked by “spiritual pins and needles”. It apparently left him at some point as a
young man, only to return in 1977 when he was 40, half-frozen during an ill-fated trip up a mountain near
his vacation home in Vail, Colorado. This specific trip is when Wexner says he both rejoined with his
childhood dybbuk and decided to “change his life.”

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He told New York magazine that his dvbbuk makes him “wander from house to house”, “wanting more
and more” and “swallowing companies larger than his own.” In other words, it compels him to
accumulate more money and more power with no end in sight. Wexner later describes the dybbuk as an
integral “part of his genius.”

Wexner further describes his dybbuk as keeping “him out of balance, emotionally stunted, a part of him
— the precious, treasured boy-son part — lagging behind [the dybbuk].” This is consistent with other
definitions of the term in Jewish media, including a feature piece published in the Jewish Chronicle. That
article first defines the term as “a demon [that] clings to [a person’s] soul” and then states that: “The
Hebrew verb from which the word dybbuk is derived is also used to describe the cleaving of a pious soul
to God. The two states are mirror images of each other.” Per Wexner’s word choice and his
characterization of what he perceives as an entity dwelling within him, the entity — the dybbuk — is
dominant while his actual self and soul “lags behind” and is stunted, causing him to identify more with
the entity than with himself.

This is also reflected in the concluding paragraph of the New York magazine article:

“Les Wexner picks up his heavy black case and flies off in his Challenger,
with his dybbuk sitting next to him, taunting and poking him with
impatience, that little demon he really loves. The dybbuk turns his face.
What does he look like? ‘Me,’ says Leslie Wexner. ”

HE MET HIS DYBBUK AGAIN WHEN HE CLIMBED
VAIL MOUNTAIN AND CHANGED HIS LIFE.

tease. He never goes to “things.” Charities troop through his become vice-presidents of distribution and “merchan-
other, $3-million house at Los Incas in Palm Beach, but the ls” become “executive vice-presidents of merchan-
host is never there. He and Morosky are fashion men who are | dise,” and the hundred top store managers get ski-lifted to the

they do not read WWD or W. He doesn't pronounce | top of a mountain in Vail for the annual awards ceremonies, to

proud
“La Grenouille” or even “entrepreneur” right, and it doesn't | jump and ery and thank the Lord and Wexner and The Limi

matter. His New York is a special blend of the constricted and | as they clutch their awards. The room is now dark, and we

hermetic and the very powerful He ls most comfortable run- | watching them on film as the music plays “I'm So Excited” and

ning his company, and yet, like many men who make their | Wexner's eyes fill with t

money in business, he feels the lures. He wants to be photo- | _ This is the Limited Family, in which the paternalistic father

gaphed with his arm wrapped around a sculpture from the rds the good children, has made 51 of them into million-

Whitney, not with model in his clothes. He has prepared him- | ai calis his 33,000 employees ite “associates,” though

self for this emergence. He has worked on his body and on his ight as well be saying “children.” He takes good care of

mind by taking courses, talking to older, fatherly en who tell | them, forgives thoir mistakes, and, even If the women bave to

him what to read and discuss his philosophy. Still, he is reluc- | check their pocketbooks before they go into the distribution

tant, like the deb at her coming-out party, hiding behind a | center, hey call him Les and wil ak. and send ther children

screen, tapping one foot slightly out of time. to ask, for his autograph for as long as he can stand it at the
Wexner tells the meeting about The Limited's year. Profits | annual company picnic. I's a clean family. He says his execu-
30 percent, net sales up 24

This was the year they built this build:

ing and bought two chains. It was also

the year of what he calls the”Carter

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sented The Limited, says Carter Haw-
ley Hal ns were “the most irre-
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ponsibility I've seen in 35
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says, “It was completely out of char
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call his son Bull because he was so
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ple did their laundry in our tub.”

¢ E ARE NEVER,

announcing the appointments of new
division heads. Verna Gibson, who
started as a buyer, becomes president
of the 578 Limited Stores; Bob Gray-
son, a former sales trainee, takes over
Lerner Stores—both moves reflecting
the style of The Limited, which is to
promote from within, so store man- (CLOSE ENCOUNTER: Running into a friend on Madison Avenue in front of his new store.

AUGUST $, 1985/NEW YORK Ji

Outside of the spiritual aspect of this discussion, it can also be surmised from the above that there is a
strong possibility that Wexner suffers from some sort of mental disorder that causes him to exhibit two
distinct personalities which continuously battle within him. What is astounding is that he describes this
apparent affliction to a prominent media outlet with pride and the author of the piece weaves Wexner’s
“demon” throughout a piece that seeks to praise his business acumen above all else.

Yet, perhaps the most troubling aspect of Wexner’s experience with his “dybbuk”, whether real or
imagined, is the fact that Wexner, in the years before and after this article was published, has had a
massive impact on Jewish communities in the US and beyond through his “philanthropy.” Some of those
philanthropic efforts, like the Wexner Foundation, saw Wexner mold generations of Jewish leaders
through Wexner Foundation programs while others, such as the Mega Group, see the organized crime-
linked Leslie Wexner joined by several other like-minded billionaires, many of which also boast
considerable organized crime connections, in an effort to shape the relationship of the American Jewish
community, as well as the US government, with the state of Israel.

For a man of such influence in the Jewish community, why has there been essentially no questions raised
as to Wexner’s role in directing the affairs of that ethno-religious community given that he has openly
claimed to be guided by a “dybbuk”? This is particularly odd when one considers that Wexner has come
under increased scrutiny in recent years after his protege and closest associate for decades, Jeffrey E.
Epstein, was outed as both a pedophile and serial sex trafficker. Did Wexner’s dybbuk draw him to
Epstein and prompt him to financially support his horrific crimes against minors?

Note: The above is an adapted excerpt from Whitney Webbs upcoming book “One Nation Under
Blackmail: the sordid union between Intelligence and Organized Crime that gave rise to Jeffrey Epstein”
Those interested may pre-order the book directly from the publisher s website or from Amazon.

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Author

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several
websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News. She
currently writes for The Last American Vagabond.

16 comments

Matthew Blum says:
June 10, 2022 at 1:04 pm

Eh—Wexner’s a psychopath. Or meshuga (crazy) as they say in Yiddish.

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Carnyx says:

June 10, 2022 at 1:10 pm

Excellent Whitney! Dybbuk! At last a name to the face and feeling. Can’t wait for the book!
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Nick Straker says:

June 10, 2022 at 1:24 pm

Can’t wait to read the full book, any idea when it will be published?
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Fran Cav says:
June 10, 2022 at 1:33 pm

I am so looking forward to the release!
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Paul Cardin says:
June 10, 2022 at 2:36 pm

As per usual, billionaire ‘philanthropy’ comes with strings attached.
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peter says:
June 10, 2022 at 4:48 pm

Les is clearly with the super powerful homosexual mafia. Victoria’s Secret is highly profitable. The
homosexual mafia owns it NOT Jewish mafia. Why you say? Cuz the homosexual mafia occuppies the tippidy
top of the power pyramid. As a New Yorker, I watched these two mafias square olff against one another. The
homosexual mafia won. Certain compromises were reached afterwards. Dominant Jews were eliminated,
submissive Jews welcomed into the fold. Wexner sure looks like one of the submissive Jews.(the pics submitted
here show a boyish innocence no menacing dominant) Wandering Jews have, for centuries, learned to cope with
their host country’s rules. No different today.

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Tim says:

June 10, 2022 at 4:49 pm

Brilliant, as usual. I’ve missed your writing. Can’t wait til the book is published. Best regards!
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Dai says:
June 10, 2022 at 5:31 pm

You are developing such an important perspective from which to view psychocultural disease and
its delusion-greed-malice vectors of illness. Looking forward to more...
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Marie says:
June 10, 2022 at 6:36 pm

Dybbuk sounds kinda like (misspelling intentional) cooovid backwards. Demonic. I have
encountered this backwards reading of the word many times by many people. It fits in more ways than one.
Especially now.

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Quintus says:
June 10, 2022 at 7:24 pm

In a number of pictures available on Google Images, it’s quite striking how evil Les Wexler looks.
This may be a subjective assessment — besides, not all evil people look evil. But he truly does. Maybe there’s
some truth to the Dybbuk story.
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RF says:
June 11, 2022 at 6:36 am

Here is an interesting link between Dybbuk and COVID:
https://bogdanherzog.ro/on-the-occult-meaning-of-the-term-covid-a-succinct-incursion-into-pattern-recognition/
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Brian Steere says:
June 11, 2022 at 8:03 am

The ego is a compulsive or driven sense of self.

The context is well described here:
https://www.christmind.info/t/acim/text/04/chap0405/

The assignment of demonic to a conflicted sense of self can be specifically framed in some instances, such as to
shape the charge of its expression.

While this can take extreme forms, the practical key is in recognising & releasing our own reactive or driven
behaviour to a true and present discernment.

Insanity in fact is a dissociated or deluded state, where insanity relative to current cultural social definitions can
accuse its own ‘sins’ in the sane, the healthy, and the messengers or witnesses to wholeness.

The ‘mass psychosis’ is just such a collective masking against inner ‘demons’ that personify according to the
individual patterns of separation trauma. The key is in allowing the undoing of a mindset that persists the
‘problem’ in false solutions, that repackage and mask toxic debts in complex packages of promised gain or
virtue.

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Anneke MGM says:
July 20, 2022 at 4:16 am

well said.
It is definitely real.
I would say that he admits to demonic possession.
There are the ones so totally possessed that they don’t even know it that they are used as an instrument.

I will check out the link, I have been very interested in demons lately
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Joe says:
June 11, 2022 at 11:28 pm

Nice job, Whitney.

I know this comment probably won’t make it on your forum...

But (((Leslie Wexner))) and (((Jeffrey Epstein))) are neanderthal cousins. They ALL look out for their tribal
interests.

Until THIS fact is addressed, that same cabal of self-chosen elitists will continue to implement policies aimed at
the total destruction of Western Civilization.

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artemis says:
June 13, 2022 at 5:38 am

Perhaps his ancestors have enslaved their progeny to Molock and, to take no joy in life other than
acquisition of the family wealth and power. If so, it was a crime against the natural order.
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= Thomas Hampson says:

July 23, 2022 at 5:23 pm

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Why has your book on Epstein been delayed again and now there is no revised publication date?
When is it coming out?
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